Kuroi Ledge - A Lot Like Birds

The cool air

Takes me back

Just for a moment

And I spend it all without realization

I have to go back

I have to go back

It’s not fair

I wish that time would stop for me

Just this once

But it never will, so run it off

I’m still here

I know you’re waiting for me past the doorway

And if it’s you that’s haunting me, say something

And if it’s you that’s haunting me, say something

If it’s you that’s haunting me, just speak

I’ve come this far with a different map in each of my hands

They’re drawn completely from memory

One takes me home, one takes me nowhere in particular

I always seem to pick the path with all the shortcuts open

And the lines and the circles more steadily drawn

(I guess there’s only one more way to go.)

I always seem to say the things that I had promised I would leave unspoken

And act surprised when they come tumbling out into the air and sounding wrong

(We've all been way too far away from home.)

I never thought of what would happen if I ever found the gate closed

Tethered in rusted thread and iced over blue and grey from the cold

(It's time to break off all those chains of old.)

But the gate holds, allowing entrance to the wind and smaller leaves and I am

stuck now, homebound

(I guess there’s only one more way to go.)

Can I turn back?

Is it too late?

Is there some place I belong?

Is there any place to call a home?

I guess there’s only one real way to know

Is this the only way?

As shallow as the water is, it swallows me

And I can’t stop looking at the world around me solemnly

As we stand here in the fallen leaves

Will you promise me, just promise me

That no matter what the weather’s like, you’ll follow me, follow me?

And no matter what I say, you’ll take it honestly, honestly to heart?

I’ve got a long way to go and if I do it alone I won’t make it

The call of the void is coming from the balcony

«L'appel du vide.»

So now I let my fate take over

And as I sink into the consequence below

This is how far we go

This is how far we go

So now I let my fate take over

And as I sink into the consequence below

This is how far we go

This is how far we go

Face forward falling straight for the pavement

Mouth open catching death just to taste it

Twist my body to align with the stars

This is my favorite part

This is my favorite part:

Suspended close to earth but very far

This is my favorite part

Once we touch the ground we forget who we are

I guess I finally had the courage to go away

The promises we made were made hollowly

Sometimes you’d reassure me we’d be okay

But you’d always leave